Improve Error Message about Self-Referential Types#727
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Improve Error Message about Self-Referential Types#727InsertCreativityHere wants to merge 2 commits intoicerpc:mainfrom
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| "E047", | ||
| InfiniteSizeCycle, | ||
| format!("self-referential type {type_id} has infinite size: {cycle}"), | ||
| format!("disallowed type cycle; type {type_id} references itself: {cycle}"), |
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I would prefer a clearer error message, for example:
type {type_id} cannot reference itself: {cycle}
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What about: type {type_id} illegally references itself: {cycle}?
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We talked about this last week and agreed that "X has infinite size" is not a meaningfully helpful message.